Front Cover -- Linux for Embedded and Real-Time Applications -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- About the Author -- What's on the CD-ROM? -- Chapter 1. The Embedded and Real-Time Space -- What is Embedded? -- What is Real-Time? -- How and Why Does Linux Fit In? -- Where is Linux Embedded? -- Open Source Licensing -- Resources -- Chapter 2. Introducing Linux -- Features -- Protected Mode Architecture -- The Linux Process Model -- The Linux Filesystem -- System Configuration -- The Shell -- Getting Help -- Resources -- Chapter 3. The Host Development Environment -- Linux Distributions -- Dual-Booting -- Cross-Development Tools-The GNU Tool Chain -- Resources -- Chapter 4. Configuring and Building the Kernel -- Getting Started -- Where is the Source Code? -- Configuring the Kernel-make config, menuconfig, xconfig -- Behind the Scenes-What's Really Happening -- Booting the New Kernel -- What Can Go Wrong? -- Resources -- Chapter 5. BlueCat Linux -- The "Less is More" Philosophy -- Installing BlueCat Linux -- X86 Target for BlueCat Linux -- Configuring the Workstation -- First Test Program -- The "Shell" Kernel -- Resources -- Chapter 6. Debugging Embedded Software -- The Target Setup -- GDB -- The Host as a Debug Environment -- Adding Programmable Setpoint and Limit -- Resources -- Chapter 7. Kernel Modules and Device Drivers -- Kernel Modules -- What's a Device Driver Anyway? -- Linux Device Drivers -- Internal Driver Structure -- The Hardware -- The Target Version of Thermostat -- Debugging Kernel Code -- Building Your Driver into the Kernel -- An Alternative-uCLinux -- The "Old Way" -- Resources -- Chapter 8. Embedded Networking -- Sockets -- A Simple Example -- A Remote Thermostat -- Embedded Web Servers -- A Web-Enabled Thermostat -- Embedded email -- Other Application-Level Protocols -- Resources.

Chapter 9. Introduction to Real-Time Programming -- Polling vs. Interrupts -- Tasks -- Scheduling -- Aperiodic Scheduling -- Kernel Services -- Inter-Task Communication -- Problems with Solving the Resource Sharing Problem-Priority Inversion -- Interrupts and Exceptions -- Critical Sections -- Resources -- Chapter 10. Linux and Real-Time -- Why Linux Isn't Real-Time -- Two Approaches -- Resources -- Chapter 11. The RTAI Environment -- Installing RTAI -- Inter-Task Communication and Synchronization -- Communicating with Linux Processes -- Real-Time in User Space-LXRT -- One Shot vs. Periodic Timing -- Moving to Kernel Space -- Real-Time FIFOs and Shared Memory -- Suggested Exercises -- Resources -- Chapter 12. Posix Threads -- Threads -- Thread Attributes -- Synchronization-Mutexes -- Communication-Condition Variables -- Pthreads in User Space -- Moving to RTAI Kernel Space -- Message Queues -- Suggestions for Further Exploration -- Resources -- Chapter 13. Cutting It Down to Size -- BusyBox -- TinyLogin -- uClinux -- Summary -- Resources -- Chapter 14. Eclipse Integrated Development Environment -- Overview -- Installation -- Using Eclipse -- The C Development Environment (CDT) -- Summary -- Resources -- Appendix A. RTAI Application Programming Interface (API) -- Appendix B. Posix Threads (Pthreads) Application -- Appendix C. Why Software Should Not Have Owners -- Appendix D. Upgrading From Kernel 2.4 to 2.6 -- Index -- Elsevier Science CD-ROM License Agreement.